Samsung Galaxy S25 may outperform iPhone 16 Pro thanks to new Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset

Qualcomm plans to unveil the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chipset at the Snapdragon Summit in October this year. It may be used in the upcoming Galaxy S25 series.

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This long-awaited chipset promises a significant performance improvement over its predecessor, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3, which is already used in the Galaxy S24 Ultra.

Recent data suggests that the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 can achieve a single-core score of 3500 on the Geekbench benchmark, a marked improvement over the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3's 2100 score. This new improvement has attracted attention, especially when compared to Apple's A18 chipset, which was leaked to score 3300 on the same test and is expected to be used in the iPhone 16 Pro.

According to new data from China, the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 chip may not only be better than the Apple A18, but may also surpass it in performance and graphics capabilities. If this information turns out to be true, the new Galaxy S25 series smartphones may be ahead of the iPhone 16 Pro line in terms of performance.

One of the main features of the Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 is its core frequency. The processor will have Oryon cores operating at 4.3 GHz, which will become a new standard for the mobile industry. High-performance Pheonix cores will operate at 3.8 GHz. However, there are concerns about the chipset's power consumption at 1.3V, which can cause problems such as overheating and thermal management.

The Snapdragon 8 Gen 4 will be the first Qualcomm chipset to use the advanced 3 nm (N3E) manufacturing process.

Source: SamMobile